Fruit cutting, pitting, and spreading device.



1%, 820,150. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906 A. M. STRIPLIN.

FRUIT CUTTING, FITTING, AND S PREADING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.24,19\05.

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ABEL M. STRZPLIN, F ESUONDlDO. UALIFGRNIA.

QUTTENGS PETTlNGESrQND SPREADENG DEVECEQ its. ssossoi To all whoop it limsy concern: I

Be it known um I, Anni. M. sw ms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Es. conditlo, in the county of San Diego and State of t slifornis, have invlilcd new and useful Improvements in Fruit Cutting, Pitting, and Spreading Devices, of which the following is s specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus which is designed for cutting fruits around the pits contained therein, separating the meats from the pits, and spreading it for irying or other purposes.

it consists in a. combination of mechanism and in details of construction, which will be more fully or: lsinecl' by'reierence to the riccomprtnying (rswings, in which Figure 1 is's. side elevation of my device,

partly in'section. Fig? 2 is a side view of the some... Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 12 y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is s sectional View on the line ac of i. Fi 5 is o sectionzil View tskenthrougli the boll-joint. Fig. 6 is on eievaltion'of the drum 12, nsrtisllybroken it is the object of nyinvention to provide on :iutomnticsllvw erating apparatus by which the fruit, six-h its peaches and the lil-z contsining on interior." pit or stone, may be. .ei; sepsroteil from the stone or pit, Whir rmnovmi from between the sensrstedv si s. The hitter urethcn delivers-ti by distributors upon dr 'ingptsbles? or the like. This oper tion may be eli'ected in the first split, t

"' following manner:

As shown in the divings, A. is it home oi any suitable or desired construction, anti 2 is a. receiver or hopper i'nountecl upon' the frame and. having m1 opening in the bottom through which the fruit may be delivered by a suitable chute to the pitting apparatus. This apparatus consists of a cutter 3 and elastic cushions 4 carried upon the cutter. Above the cutter 3 is s scwntl cutter sud spreader 5 and snother set of cushions, us at 6. This mechanism may be constructed either in .cyiiniiricel form or extended in the form t ivia-ling bel As shown in Fig. l, the cutter 3 soil the cushions 4 ore mounted upon a; o y'iinairiesl drum or (1. ricr 7, the shst't of which is journslco in tho ironic A end this inn be revolved by hunt? or by conmtion with any suitable niotor. 'lhc cutter 3 in this rose isin the form of IL circnhz' biotic projecting from the pcriphery of the drum, and the cushions Specification of Letters iEatent. Applictitien in April 2 4, 1905. Eorisi No. 257,196.

each side oi 4 src Patented 15218.3? 8, K905i.

located upon each side of the cutter. These cushions are preferably made in the form of 1 rubber tubes s milar to those eniployeo in bicycle and other tires, anti these tubes-Wiil have the usual Valves and means for inflating them to any desired degree of tension. .The

.blsd 5 is fixed at a distance above and in line with the blade 3 and is .substenti llyconcentric therewith. 'lheiiistence between the, two blades is equal to the diameter of the pits of thelruil to be operated on. The fruit then being delivered from the hopper or re ceiver 2 Wlll. puss singly through it chute and into contact with the blade 3. The revoiu- 1m tion of the drum with the blade and cushions carries the fruit along and rollsit between the blsdes 3 and 5, thus cutting the fruit in, half down to the pit. flhocushions 4 and .6 by their elasticity compensate for the riiii'erent sizes of fruit which may be passing through the apparatus and ill prevent the bruising or crushing of the larger sizes. The blade 5 diverges outwardly from the cutting edge, and. thus serves as n weii e to osrtisliy separate the two sides of thetruit from the bit. Through the. back of the blsclc siot is: made, and a circular saw 8 is journslecl so that its edge passes through the slot and near enough to the.cnttingblmic 3 that when the fruit hssrcschcd this point the edge of the sow will tllgitg'u the pit and will roll it out and separate it from the em sirlesoi the fruit, which are being held between the cushions (l: and (i. The revolution of the sow is ef- 9 fected by at belt E) from the ciruin or a soul icy turnsblc' in unison therewith; and tho speed of the saw 8 may be made sullioicntiy rester than that of the drum to insure its etsehing the fruit from the pit as they pass. The pit will thus ejected from be i 'een the two sides of the fruit and will fall to the ground in front-of the drum 7. r w Beyond the termination of the eisstic tubes ii sud in continuation with. the lower curl of the upper blade 5 the si lcs'ci. thedcvice are diverged outwardly as shown at 10 10, so that the two parts 0 the fruit from which the it has been c me-ted. will be carried outward .ietween this portion 10 and the circular eizistic cushions 4 and will be delivered upon carrying belts, as zit I These bolt-s here their inner ends passing own drums, as at 12, and the outer end-s oversi nilsr drums 12 the termination b the troughs L3, in which no they travel. Theinner ends of these troughs are so pivoted or hinged thot while newer may be transmitted throu h the shaft 14 to drive the belts the belts an their supportingtroughsare movable about this inner en so that the outer ends may be movedtrans; versely across trays, as at 15, which are so 'dlsposed as to'receive the fruit delivered by ji the'distributing-belts. Thus this. belt being 5 from plts, the combination 0 a receiver or hopper having a bottom delivery-opening,

I cutters between-which the fruit is delivered 1 {f rom'the'*receiver and caused to-roll, elastic cushions fixed upon the sides of the cutters to guide, and support the passing fruit', "and means for separating the pit fromthefruit fafter-thecuttmg has been effected. 2. In an apparatus for separating fruit {5 from'pits, the combination'of-a revoluble cut- '1 ter, means for delivering the fruits singly into: contact with its edge, cushions u'pon'each side of the cutter upon which the-two sides of .1 the'fruit are supported, a spreader located in with the cutter, and a saw disposed in the 1 pathrof thefrmt and'by which the stone is "1 ejected from the fruit. l

' 32 An' 'appa'ratus for pitting fruit, said alppraratus comprising a cutter by which t e 3 5 1 uit is split, cushions located upon each side I of the cutter, means for delivering fruits singly and causmg them'to roll over the cutter-- to disengage the delivered. 4. In a'fruit-pitting apparatus,-the combi-' nation of a revoluble knife having cushions sin ly in surfacewhereby they are split, a revoligle saw in the path of the fruit and beneath which the out fruit is passed, said saw acting tributers upon w 'ch the separated fruit is upon each side, means for delivering fruits an spreader concentric with the first na'med knife} a saw revoluble through a slot in'the" spreader and actir'llgJ to frejeot the pit-after the utir'ig belts located upon" fruit is cut, distri each side 'andbeyond 13l B$,W and guides-by which the fruitis deliveiidnpon said belts.

5. A fruit pitting and distributing apparatus having in combination'a revoluble cutter it from the fruit, and dis-- line with theknife, a second knife" withfcushions located upon'each'side', a sta tionary cutter and spreader concentric with and-above the revoluble cutter, saidstatiom ar cutter having cushions located upon' each' si e and in line with the revoluble cushions, a

saw revoluble in line with the interior cutterthe pits after'the fruitisto on age and eject cut, ivergent guides located below the saw, distributers consisting of endless traveling belts .u on the inner ends of which the halves of the ruit are delivered, and from the outer ends of which the fruit may be discharged.

Intestimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing-hitnesses. I J

' ABEL M. STRIPLIN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM C. Foorn, J R. E. Lusoomn; 

